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Smartphone security: Is mobile malware threat looming this year?

Experts at odds over timing of crooks' switch of focus from PCs to smartphones… Read more

25 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

CommWarrior mobile virus hits UK

...has become the fifteenth country to be witness an infection by the CommWarrior mobile phone virus, security experts claimed on Tuesday. According to security firm... Read more

28 June, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Company struck down by CommWarrior

...security expert Patrick Runald said on Tuesday that an outbreak of the CommWarrior.B virus occured at an unnamed Scandinavian company last Wednesday. "This is... Read more

31 August, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Italy struck by CommWarrior infection

The mobile phone virus CommWarrior recently surfaced in Italy, in a sign that destructiveness of the Symbian... Read more

18 May, 2005 by Ben Charny

CommWarrior guns for Nokias

...more pervasive threat to mobile phones than Cabir. The malicious software, dubbed "CommWarrior" and described as a virus by some antivirus companies, takes aim at... Read more

8 March, 2005 by Matt Hines

Virus reignites mobile malware squabble

...new mobile worm. The warning, released last week, claimed that the worm — Commwarrior Q — affects smartphones running Symbian Series 60 software. But despite the fact... Read more

8 August, 2006 by Tom Espiner
Dr.Moby Antivirus, Standard Edition

Dr.Moby Antivirus, Standard Edition

...Dr.Moby Antivirus now protects against the CardTrap.a, Skulls.*, DoomBoot and CommWarrior.* (including CommWarrior.c) viruses and troans. New important feature "heuristic analyzer" has... Read more

5 July, 2005
Dr.Moby Antivirus for UIQ, Standard Edition

Dr.Moby Antivirus for UIQ, Standard Edition

...Dr.Moby Antivirus now protects against the CardTrap.a, Skulls.*, DoomBoot and CommWarrior.* (including CommWarrior.c) viruses and troans. New important feature "heuristic analyzer" has... Read more

21 September, 2007

Smartphone-breaking Symbian Trojan found

...Trojan horse called Doomboot.A has been found which loads the virus CommWarrior.B onto Symbian Series 60 smartphones. CommWarrior.B generates enough Bluetooth traffic... Read more

4 July, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Symbian worm in the wild

...propagate using common media file extensions, rather than standard SIS extensions like Commwarrior. Both pieces of malware still rely on social engineering to propagate. From... Read more

25 January, 2008

Mobile antivirus products arrive in force

...number of mobile malware incidents is set to grow. Last year, the CommWarrior virus, which spreads between Symbian Series 60 handsets, appeared in at least... Read more

14 February, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Trend Micro updates smartphone antivirus

...proof-of concept malware such as Cabir (which spreads through Bluetooth) and CommWarrior (which spreads via Bluetooth and MMS) exist, it would be relatively easy... Read more

2 November, 2005 by Matt Loney

Nokia reacts to mobile virus threat

...60 handsets running the Symbian operating system are the target of the CommWarrior Trojan horse, which has been spotted spreading. Nokia and Symantec said their... Read more

6 October, 2005 by Alorie Gilbert

Major smartphone worm 'by 2007'

Mobile networks need to start building malware defences into their systems now to stop a meltdown when smartphones really take off, according to analysts Read more

22 June, 2005 by Munir Kotadia

Skulls Trojan wears antivirus mask

...software that targets mobile phones has been reported. These attacks include the Commwarrior virus and the Fontal Trojan. People whose handsets are infected with Skulls... Read more

13 June, 2005 by Joris Evers

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